Rheo-optics

Rheo-optics blend multidisciplinary talents to address the complex flow, rheology, and microstructure of complex fluids. It is based on the concept that material microstructure controls rheology as well as optical properties, and that rheology and microstructure are usually strongly coupled. Recent improvements in optical methods, model system development, statistical mechanical theories, simulations and the development of new techniques, combined with the explosion in variety and complexity of materials under scrutiny makes for a dynamic and rapidly expanding research field, often with direct technological relevance.